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Cheap, but Quality alternatives to Bose Wave CD System?

post #1 of 5
4/25/11 at 6:37pm
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I'm sure all of you guys know great alternatives to Bose's sub 400 dollar CD player System, Any really great ones for under 100? Preferably under 50, not expecting the BEST.thanks :)

 

 

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post #2 of 5
4/26/11 at 6:39am

Sansa Clip+ combined with a Fiio S9? Basically a mp3 player with a portable powered speaker. Makes more sense to me than a cheap boombox.

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post #3 of 5
4/26/11 at 6:51am

Search ebay , craigslist , for a cd player , amp and speakers.

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post #4 of 5
4/27/11 at 9:26am

I can think of two, and I own them both.

 

Proton 300/301 - this is, as some call it, the best table radio ever made.  You can run it as a stand-alone or as dual powered speakers.  I almost forgot to mention that it is biamped.  It will need a CDP, but its sound quality justifies it.  I see these on eBay often, and at reasonable prices.  Mine was ten bucks.  Sorry, no headphone jack.

 

JVC MX-1 - this is the grandaddy of all those MX-series boomboxes, but its styling is far less gooky.  In fact, the styling of the MX-1 seems a bit Soundesignish.  This thing has a tuner, dual cassettes, CD, fan cooling, and bi-amping for the full-range speakers and the subwoofers inside each speaker cabinet.  I like them so well, I have bought two so far, and each was under forty bucks.      

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post #5 of 5
4/27/11 at 1:59pm
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can't seem to find where to buy the JVC, sounds amazing for my budget


 

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